Method for routing electrical conductor between panels
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsJames F. Hengel, Pei-Chung Wang
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Abstract
A method is provided for routing electrical conductors through a vehicle body having first and second body panels with panel edges attached together. The method includes placing a bead of adhesive along the edge of the first body panel; placing the electrical conductor along the edge of the first body panel; placing an edge of a second body panel onto the bead of adhesive; and curing the adhesive so that the edges of the body panels are adhered together by an adhesive joint and the electrical conductor is embedded between the body panels within the adhesive joint.
Claims20
A method of routing electrical conductors through a vehicle body having first and second body panels with panel edges attached together, comprising;
- placing a bead of adhesive along the edge of the first body panel;
- placing the electrical conductor along the edge of the first body panel;
- placing an edge of a second body panel onto the bead of adhesive;
- and curing the adhesive so that the edges of the body panels are adhered together by an adhesive joint and the electrical conductor is embedded between the body panels within the adhesive joint.
A method of routing electrical conductors through a vehicle body having first and second body panels with panel edges attached together, comprising;
- placing a bead of adhesive along the edge of the first body panel;
- placing the electrical conductor along the edge of the first body panel in alignment with the bead of adhesive;
- placing an edge of a second body panel onto the bead of adhesive so that the electrical conductor and the bead of adhesive are positioned between the edges of the first and second body panels;
- and curing the adhesive so that the body panels are adhered together by an adhesive joint and the electrical conductor is embedded between the body panels within the adhesive joint.
In a vehicle body having vehicle body panel assembly assembled of two panels and having an interior side and an exterior side, a method of routing an electrical conductor through the body panel assembly from the interior side to the exterior side of the panel assembly, comprising;
- providing first and second body panels;
- placing a bead of adhesive upon an edge of the first body panel;
- placing the electrical conductor transversely across the edge of the first body panel so that the electrical conductor extends from the adhesive bead in one direction atop the first body panel and in the other direction beyond the edge of the first body panel;
- placing an edge of a second body panel onto the bead of adhesive;
- and curing the adhesive so that the body panels are adhered together by an adhesive joint to form the body panel assembly, and the electrical conductor is embedded between the body panels within the adhesive joint and thereby extends between the interior side of the panel assembly and the exterior side of the panel assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.